I thought so too. But if you get xawtv working with all the correct settings, then click on the channel editor and press save. Even though you didn't create channels, it saves the norm, audio, ... settings. If not for you then I included my .xawtv below. You might have to make some changes depending on your capture card and where you live. [global] fullscreen = 1280 x 1024 freqtab = us-cable pixsize = 128 x 96 pixcols = 1 jpeg-quality = 75 mjpeg-quality = 75 keypad-ntsc = no osd = yes # [Station name] # capture = overlay | grabdisplay | on | off # input = Television | Composite1 | S-Video | ... # norm = PAL | NTSC | SECAM | ... # channel = # # fine = # (-128..+127) # key = keysym | modifier+keysym # color = # # bright = # # hue = # # contrast = # [defaults] norm = NTSC input = tuner capture = over Greg Joe Menola wrote: > > It seems I must create/edit /home/~/.xawtv manually? > > If so where might I find a sample or info on the format of this file? > > Thanks for any help. > > -jm > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list